Online Class Notes (Jesse) [5]

Grammar

too many “ands”
which
eg. I have a pen and it is black = I have a pen which is black
who
eg. I have a friend and he is fat = I have a friend who is fat
when
eg. I went to the shops and I saw a man at the shops = when I went to the shops, I saw a man at the shops
ing verb
eg. I went to the park and saw a man walking a dog there = I went to the park, seeing a man walking a dog there
eg2. I went out into the playground and ate lunch with my friends for an hour = I went out into the playground, eating lunch with my friends for an hour
after / before
eg. I went to school and then I went home = After I went to school, I went home. / Before I went home, I went to school.
eg2. I went to school and then I went home = I went to school, before going home
eg3. I went home but I went to school first. = I went home after going to school.

grammar = Hank yawn 

I went to ate lunch = I went to eat lunch

I go
You go
He goes

let her give MB (chinese) = to let her to give it to MB (english)

Vocabulary

Jesse says “hello” when he meets me
Jesse speaks English with me
Jesse talks with me during class

says = you use words / or express meaning
eg. Jesse says that I am a good student / Jesse says “you are a good student Hanks!”

talks = communicate with words / jiao liu
eg. I talk with my students / I talk with my friends / babies can’t talk

speaks = communicate / use a language
eg. I speak English

relieved – to release pressure / fear
eg. He is so relieved because he thinks the ICM is gone.

go upstairs < > go downstairs

Writing exercise

the + s, he / she / it (not Mr Bean + The ice cream man)

MB who is tired go back home and drops of ice cream drop on the floor. Mr Bean felt tired so he turned the ice cream upside down so the rest of the ice cream fell down on the floor and MB felt sad. When the ice cream man went back to the ice cream car he saw that in the ice cream cash register has a lot of money. Ice cream man felt surprised and he drove the car to follow the drops of the ice cream and saw MB’s house and gave the ice cream to MB’s house mate and let her to gave to MB.

MB (who is tired) went back home and drops of ice cream dropped on the floor. Mr Bean felt tired so he turned the ice cream upside down so the rest of the ice cream fell down on the floor and MB felt sad. When the ice cream man went back to the ice cream car he saw that in the ice cream cash register there was a lot of money. The ice cream man felt surprised and after he drove the car to follow the drops of the ice cream for several kilometers, he saw MB’s house before giving the ice cream to MB’s house mate, letting her to give it to MB.

Speaking exercise

And MB hides the back of the sofa. MB’s girlfriend went up to the stair case and say hello to MB’s housemate. When she went up she knocked the door in MB’s house and MB feels scared so he did not open the door and his girlfriend thought he was not there.

And MB hid at the back of the sofa, thinking the ice cream man was coming. MB’s girlfriend went up to the stair case and says hello to MB’s housemate who was cutting the bushes. When she went up she knocked on the door for MB’s house and MB who felt / was scared so he did not open the door so his girlfriend thought he was not there.


NO “and”s + “so”

Hanks’ version 

so she went downstairs so when MB thought the ice cream went away so he was relieved. MB’s girlfriend give the ice cream to MB’s housemate. MB’s heard that his girlfriend say the ice cream is for his, so he asked “is that for me?”. His girlfriend said “yes it’s for yours for thank you to you”. MB saw that the ice cream car went away so he chased the ice cream car.

Jesse’s version

After MB didn’t answer the door, she went downstairs, thinking that MB wasn’t at home. MB was super relieved, before getting up to look out the window. MB’s girlfriend walked outside, seeing his housemate who was cutting the bushes, before asking her if she wanted the ice cream. When MB saw that, he was super angry, deciding to chase the ice cream truck to get an ice cream from the ice cream man.